Method of providing an ornamental coating to a surface



H. MILLER 2,178,402

METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ORNAMENTAL COATING4 TO A SURFACE Filed May 18I 1938 WITNESSES 777W @ma ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 31, 1939 UNITE STATES METHOD F PROVIDING AN ORNAMENTAL COATING TO A SURFACE Harry Miller, rooklyn, N. Y. Application May 18, 1938, Serial No. 208,531

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved method of providing an ornamental coating to a surface and has for an object to provide a method which is simple and inexpensive but which may be'repeatedly performed under ordinary atmospheric temperature.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple method for coating a surface and then ornamenting the same in an inexpensive manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a method wherein a coating material is applied to a surface and then successive steps carried out for ornamenting the applied coating,

In the accompanying drawing the gure illustrates a surface that has been coated according to the present method.

In carrying out the method various ingredients and materials may be used and Cdesirable results secured. As shown in the accompanying drawing, the entire surface I is coated with a suitable material, as for instance a desired form of paint, and then successive steps of the method used to provide ornamental members 2 and 3. It will be observed that all of these ornamental members y are provided with completely encircling borders 4. The body I is substantially the same color as the members 2 and 3 while the border 4 is a different shade because during the stippling action hereinafter described, the stippling brush 30 strikes against the paper and not against the paint. The method also contemplates making the body I of a shade between the shade of the border 4 and of the bodies of members 2 and 3. By emphasizing the various steps the shading action of the various designs of the Ysurface may be widely varied to secure various pleasing results. As an example, when a wall or other surface is to be provided with an ornamental coating according tothe present invention, the surface if dirty is cleaned in any desired manner and then a coating is preferably evenly applied thereto. This coating maybe of various materials, as for instance, enamel, water paint,

China paint, oil paint, Japan paint, or other material which when moist or when dry presents a more or less sticky consistency. It will therefore be understood that hereafter when the term paint is used any of the above materials or other equivalent material is to be understood.

After the surface has been painted, preferably evenly throughout, it is covered with a very thin pliable material, as for instance tissue paper. The covering of tissue paper or other material is placed'in position While the paint is'wet. The tissue paper may be the ordinary standard, substantially non-absorbent tissue paper now on the market used for wrapping and other purposes. The entire surface of the painted wall or other surface is covered with one layer of the tissue paper and while the paint is still wet or green the 5 entire surface is stippled by any desired stippling device, as for instance an ordinary hand-operated stippling brush. It will be noted that the stippling brush strikes against the paper and not against the paint. This results in the paper bel0 ing pressed in an irregular manner into the painted surface and thereby form irregular designs which vary according to the quality or thickness of the tissue paper used. The design also varies more widely by reason of the condil5 tion of the paint. If the painted surface is coated with a much diluted paint a certain general quality of design is presented, whereas if less solvent is used a different general design is presented by the same tissue paper and the same stippling. It 20 will be understood that the exact design can never be repeated but where the -saine consistency of paint is applied to a surface and the same tissue i paper applied the design will have the same general appearance in each instance although not the exact' appearance. As indicated in the accompanying drawing, the design has large open spaces and ornamental irregularly shaped motifs. This same general veilect is produced each time 4 the same paper and the same consistency of paint are used. If the paint is more diluted or less diluted and the same paper is used further designs will be formed when the paper is stippled in the same manner and then peeled off the surface.

It will therefore be seen that the greatest difference in design is produced by varying more or less widely the fluid condition of the paint used. Preferably substantially the same quality of standard substantially non-absorbent tissue paper 40 is used in each instance. Also the stippling is preferably done in substantially the same manner and is applied to the entire surface,

Afterthe stippling operation the tissue paper is peeled oi the surface while the paint is still wet. The paint is thenallowed to stand and dry and the resultant surface may be considered the finished job. However, a transparent coating o! lacquer or other material may be added to secure greater permanency of the ornamented surface.

1. 'I'he method of providing an ornamental coating to a surface, consisting in coating the surface with a material that becomes sticky as it dries. applying a coating of thin pliable paper to said coating while the same is wet, stippling the entire surface of paper by striking the paper with a stippling brush, and then removing the paper by a peeling action.

2. The method of applying an ornamental coating to a surface including the coating of the surface with a paint, applying a covering of tissue paper to said painted surface while the paint is wet, striking the tissue paper with a stippling brush while the same is adhering to said painted surface for pressing the paper in an irregular manner, and then peeling said covering of tissue paper off said painted surface while the paint is still wet.

3. The method of providing an ornamental coating to a surface, consisting in coating the surface with paint, completely covering said painted surface with a substantially non-absorbent tissue paper while the paint is wet, with the paper in contact with the coating of paint, striking the tissue paper for pressing the paper in an irregular manner, and then removing the tissue paper.

4. The method of providing an ornamental coating to a surface, consisting in coating the surface with a layer of paint, applying a. substantially non-absorbent tissue paper to the coating of paint while the paint is still wet, using an instrument on the paper to force portions thereof into the coating surface in an irregular manner, and then stripping the paper from the coated surface.

HARRY MILLER. 

